370 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



When extended it forms part of the anal tufting and escapes obser- 

 vation. 



The male antennjB are distinctly ciliated and the joints are fur- 

 nished on each side with long single hairs or cilise so that there 

 should be absolutely no difficulty in distinguishing this sex. 



Pleonectyptera geoinetralis Grote. 



1872. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv, 24, Pleone.ctypiera. 



1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 362. 

 Ground color a uniform light chocolate brown. All the markings exactly like 

 those of pyralis. Beneath : color and markings identical with those of pyralix. 

 Expanse 1.20 inches = 30 nin). 



Hab. — Staten Island, N. Y., Lahaway, in August; South Caro- 

 lina, in June ; Florida, in March. 



The range of this species is the same as that of pyralis, of which 

 I believe it to be a variety. The secondary sexual characters of the 

 male are exactly identical. As both sexes of both forms are at 

 hand, and I have no true intermediate forms, it is perhaps better to 

 keep the species as distinct, until more material makes it possible to 

 settle the question definitely. 



Pleoiieclyptera* habilalis Walker. 



1859. Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het, xvi, 39, Hypena. 



1893. Smith, Bull. 44 U. S. Nat. Mus., 363, Pleonectyptera. 

 phalsenalis Grote. 



1882. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv, 24, Pleonectyptera. 



1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 363, pr. syn. 

 Leather-brown, vai-ying only a little in depth of color. Head and collar with 

 crimson scales. Primaries crimson along the costa. Median lines distinct, yel- 

 lowish, a brown or crimson reddish line following in the t. a. and preceding in 

 the t. p. line. T. a. line even, rigid, a little inwardly oblique. T. p. line even, 

 oblique from costa to inner margin, almost parallel to t. a. line, with just a little 

 iu and outcurve below and above cell. S. t. line punctiform, smoky, marked 

 with white scales outwardly. A series of dark terminal lunules which are some- 

 times scarcely discernible. Eeniform of good size, blackish, kidney-sliaped, quite 

 well defined. Secondaries yellowish at base, darkening outwardly to or near to 

 the groinid color of the primaries. Beneath more yellowish, shaded with crim- 

 son, especially along the costal region of primaries and on secondaries. Both 

 wings with a dark discal spot, a more or less complete extra median line and a 

 broken or punctiform s. t. line. Expands ,80-. 92 inches = 19-23 mm. 



Hab. — Texas, Florida, Alabama; Tybee Island, Georgia, July 

 28th ; Tallulah Falls, Georgia, August 7th ; "New York." 



This species occurs throughout the Southern States not rarely, 

 and into central Texas. The " New York" specimen is in my own 



